Mechanical toy savings-bank



(No Model.)

A. O. REX.

MECHANICAL TOY SAVINGS-BANK.

Patented Mar. 20, 1888.

In PETERS. Pnmwumo a mr. wnhin im D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED G. REX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MECHANICAL TOY SAVINGS-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,607, dated March20, 1888.

Application filed April 20, 1887. Serial No. 235,436. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED O. REX, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an ImprovedMechanical Toy SavingsBank, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a mechanical toy bank withmovable figures, so that by pressing a lever the figures will assumedifferent positions, and at the same time allow a coin to be droppedinto the bank, asfully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved toy bank. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing theoperating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on the line 1 2, Fig. 2;Figs. I and 5, perspective views of the details of the invention.

In constructing toy banks for children one of the main objects is tomake the device as attractive as possible, and at the same time so formthe parts that they can be put together very cheaply, in order to reducethe actual cost of the bank to a minimum.

In the bank illustrated in the drawings I have shown the casing in theform of a piece of ground and the stump of a tree, from the top of whichis pivoted the representation of a raccoon, and to the side of the treeis pivoted the representation of a boy in the act of climbing up thetree after the raccoon. In the rear of the boy is a horned animal in theact of butting the boy and assisting him up the tree, as shown in Fig.l.

The body of the toy bank is preferably made of two castings, A A,secured together by screws a a, and these castings have flanges a on theinner side of the base, to receive and retain the bottom plate, B,perforated, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This bottom plate is preferablyprovided with a door, B, having a lock, 1), of any ordinaryconstruction. The castings are made hollow, as shown, and the base andthe hollow of the tree are used for the storage of the coins, which arepassed through aslot, o, in the topof the tree. One-halfof a funnel, e,is formed on each casting A A below the slot 0, to guide the coin, andat the bottom of the funnel is aslot, 6, through which the coin passesinto the receptacle below. The object of this funnel is to guide thecoin clear of the operating devices, and so that when the bank is turned.up it will prevent the extraction of the coins. An operating-shaft, D,having its bearings in notches formed in the meeting edges of the twocastings A A, is provided at its outer end with a lever, (Z, bydepressing which the mechanism is operated.

E is the representation of an animal, and in the present instance it isin the shape of a buffalo, with its head H pivoted to the castings A Aby a pivot-pin, h, as shown in Fig. 2. The head His likewise made in twoparts and secured together by a bolt, h. The horns 7f are formed of abar passing through the head and bent at each side, as shown in Figs. 1and 2. An arm, 1, on the pivot-head is connected to a crank-arm, d, onthe shaft D by a rod, 2', Figs. 2 and 3, so that as the shaft is turnedby the lever d the head will move in the direction of its arrow, Fig. 2,and as soon as the lever d is released the head will return by its ownweight to its normal position. A lug, 45 on the lower portion of thehead limits its outward movement.

F is the representation of a boy, made in two parts and secured togetherby a rivet-pin, f. The arms f of the boy are separate from the body andform the side bars of a frame, Figs. 2 and 4, which connect the twopivotpins f together. The pivot-pin f passes through the boys body andis held in place by the two parts of the body, as shown in Fig. 2. Thepivot-pin f passes through the trunk of the tree, a removable plate, a",securing this pivotpin f in place. An arm, f", projects from the innerside of the pivot-pinf, and is connected to a crank-arm, d", on theshaft D by a rod, (1 which passes up throughthe trunk of the tree. Bydepressing the lever d, as before remarked, the boy will be raised, andas soon as the lever is released the boy will drop with its own weight.

The representation of a raccoon, G, is pivoted by a pin, 9, to the topof the castings A A, and has an extension, 9, against which bears theend f of the arm f", so that as the lever f is depressed and the boyraised the raccoon will swing on its pivotg into the trunk of the treeby its'own weight; but, the boy being heavier than the raccoon, as soonas the lever d is released and the boy falls the raccoon will be forcedup to the position shown in Fig. 2. The outward movement of the raccoonis limited by the extension y coming into contact with the cover-plate aof the bank. This extension g also extends across the opening 0 for theinsertion of the coin, so that the coin will be held, as shown by dottedlines in Fig. 2, suspended by the extension 9, and will drop only on thedepression of the lever d. so that as soon as the said lever disdepressed the parts H F G move simultaneously, and the coin is re leasedand drops into the receptacle.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the casing, the shaft D,having its bearings therein, and the representation of a boy, with aframe, I, pivoted to the boy and casing and provided with a leverconnected to a crank on the shaft D, substantially' as described.

2. The combination of the casing, shaft D,

'frame I, pivoted to the casing and connected to the shaft D, and therepresentation of a boy, F, pivoted to the frame I, with therepresentation of an animal, G, pivoted to the casing and moving withthe said frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a mechanical toysavings-bank, of the casing and abottom plate having a door, with the representations of animals, E andG, and the representation of a boy, F, the parts F and'G and the head ofthe animal E being pivoted to the casing, an operatingshaft, D, andconnecting devices, substantially as described, to vibrate the saidpivoted parts from the shaft, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALFRED O. REX.

lVitnesses: WILLIAM D. CONNER, HARRY SMITH.

